Section 1837 - Place for convening court and hearing(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), for the purpose of conducting hearings pursuant to this part, the family conciliation court may be convened at any time and place within the county, and the hearing may be had in chambers or otherwise.(b) The time and place for hearing shall not be different from the time and place provided by law for the trial of civil actions if any party, before the hearing, objects to any different time or place.Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.